STANDARD GRADE SUCC CHEMISTRY CDROM (Leckie) - Softcover

This student book and interactive CD-ROM pack enables students to revise key course content in the way that suits them best. The highly visual colourful revision notes are supported by lots of illustrations to improve memory recall, whilst a new topic on every spread makes revision manageable.

Top tops and quick tests are included for every topic, and credit material is clearly marked for relevant study. Use the CD-ROM for an interactive study approach. Simple step-by-step guidance is delivered for every examinable topic whilst interactive testing and an extensive glossary help students retain key facts.

Contents

Chemical reactions

· Elements, compounds and mixtures

· Identifying chemical reactions

· Rates of reaction

Atoms and covalent bonding

· Classifying elements

· Some families in the periodic table

· Group 0: the noble gases

· Atomic structure

· Electron arrangement

· Covalent bonding

Formulae and equations

· Chemical formulae

· Chemical formulae using valency

· Chemical equations

· More formulae and equations

Ionic bonding and ionic formulae

· Ionic bonding

· Structures of ionic and covalent compounds

· More about ionic compounds

· Ionic compounds: colours and formulae

Hydrocarbons and fuels

· Fuels

· Fossil fuels

· Crude oil

· Combustion of hydrocarbons

· Alkanes

· Alkenes

· More about cracking

· Addition reactions

· Cycloalkanes and isomers

Acids, alkalis and salts

· Acids and alkalis

· Reactions of acids

· Neutralisation

· Preparation of salts

Making electricity: electrochemical cells

· Electricity from chemicals

· Using the electrochemical series

· Oxidation, reduction and displacement

Metals and corrosion

· Metals

· More about metals

· Reactivity of metals

· Other reactions of metals

· Corrosion in more detail

· Extraction of metals

Plastics and synthetic fibres

· Introducing plastics and synthetic fibres

· Making plastics

Making fertilisers

· Fertilisers

· Ammonia and the Haber process

· Nitric acid and the Ostwald process

Carbohydrates to alcohol

· Carbohydrates

· Photosynthesis and respiration

· Breaking down carbohydrates

· Fermentation

Calculations

Types of reactions